Meet the team.

The Spectacle has been created by runners, for runners.

The Spectacle is the brainchild of a CEO and avid ultra runner, a couple of NZ Olympians, a world-class adventure racer, an elite sport administrator and marketing executive, and a current NZ representative runner and coach.

We all came to love running from different backgrounds and run at different levels, but what unites us is our love for the run.

The Team.

  • Michael Cochrane

    FOUNDER

    Chief Executive
    Mid-pack ultramarathon plodder
    Nelsonian - born and raised

  • Julian Matthews

    FOUNDER

    2016 Rio Olympian
    World Championships representative
    Commonwealth Games representative
    Nelsonian - born and raised

  • ANNIKA PFITZINGER

    FOUNDER

    NZ-representative
    Coach

  • NATHAN FA'AVAE

    EVENT MANAGER

    Seven-time adventure racing world champion
    NZ Order of Merit for services to sport and community
    Founder of Ten Events
    Nelsonian - born and raised

  • ADRIAN BLINCOE

    ELITE PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    NZ outdoor 5000m record holder
    2008 Olympian
    World Championships representative
    Commonwealth Games representative

  • KURT TYSON

    PARTNERSHIP DIRECTOR

    Elite sport administrator
    Commercial executive

  • ANGUS WEMYSS

    BRAND DESIGNER

    Elite runner
    Graphic designer
    Nelsonian - born and raised